How we cite our quotes: [Part.Paragraph]
Quote #4
"I thought he was going to punish us too." I try to imagine. "Like if there were two Rooms, if he put me in one and you in the other one." (2.430)
Ma is the only person Jack knows, so he is incredibly close to her. To him, the worst punishment is to be separated from his mother. That's awfully sweet… and borderline Norman Bates, but he's only five, so we're sticking with "sweet" for now.
Quote #5
"I came down and I was a kid like you, I lived with my mother and father." I shake my head. "You're the mother." (2.486-2.487)
Jack has a hard time understanding the intricacies of family at first—it's weird for him that his mother also had a mother. He thought his only family was Ma, and that her only family was him, but it's actually much larger than that. One thing Jack keeps learning is how much bigger and more complex the world is than he thinks, and this is a good example of that.
Quote #6
"Of course, of course." The Grandma comes a bit closer. (4.419)
This is Jack's first time meeting Ma's mother, and he doesn't yet understand that he can just call her "Grandma" instead of "the Grandma." It takes Jack a while to understand that everyone has a family, not just Ma, and that her family is his family, too.